Paul McCartney brought a lot to The Beatles, including his extensive piano skills. He played the instrument on many of their ...

Harrison had been to India to study sitar with Ravi Shankar, and was settling into a more Eastern sensibility. Despite their youth, the Beatles had depths that impressed Grossman. “I have a 25-minute ...

A traditional Indian instrument used by George Harrison to record a Beatles song has sold for over £53,000. Harrison bought the 4ft long sitar from a small Oxford Street shop named Indiacraft ...

Harrison had discovered the sitar in 1965, on the set of the Beatles' second film, Help. His love affair with oriental mysticism first became known in Norwegian Wood, John Lennon's tale of an ...

The brilliance shines. The Beatles go abstract with the lyrics with a subtle sitar as a perfect touch. Lennon at his ...

George Harrison was a deeply spiritual man, and this was reflected in his music. These are five of his most spiritual tracks.

When George Harrison added sitar to The Beatles’ 1965 song “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” it was one of the first times an Indian instrument had been incorporated into a Western pop ...

such as recorder on “Ruby Tuesday” or sitar on “Paint It Black,” that ended up making the greatest musical impact on the band. He brought those talents to The Beatles as well, albeit in a ...

Now everybody’s making with the sitar. Copping Out, Plugging In. Meanwhile, the growing sophistication of the Beatles’ outlook found expression in a series of sharply observed vignettes of ...

Motown and, of course, Elvis Presley, and gifted us with some of the greatest songs ever recorded. With that in mind, let's riffle through The Beatles songbook and single out their best work.

Desai. "He enchanted American audiences with his electrifying sitar playing even before the Beatles sought his guidance and partnership. Asia Society is proud to have had a warm connection with Raviji ...

He succinctly summed up The Beatles: "The Beatles are generally seen as the single most important rock band of all time because they wrote all the best songs. Since both of these facts are true ...